Carl Linnaeus developed the Latin two-word system for organising the natural world that is still in use today, writes ENDA O'DOHERTY The botanist Carolus Linnaeus was born Carl Nilsson Linnaeus in ...

Swedish botanist Carl (or Carolus) Linnaeus is, by some measures, the most influential person ever to have lived. He is famous for devising new systems for naming and grouping all living organisms, as ...

God, the Bible tells us, gave Adam the job of naming the animals. But it was Carl Linnaeus who figured out a good way to do it. Linnaeus, also known as Carolus Linnaeus or Carol von Linne, was the ...

Mammalia is a class of animal within the Phylum Chordata. Mammal classification has been through several iterations since Carolus Linnaeus initially defined the class. Competing ideas about the ...

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THERE is a glut of natural history centenaries at the moment. Last year saw the 300th anniversary of the birth of Carolus Linnaeus, the pioneer of plant and animal classification. The Swedes pulled ...

Linnaeus' ordered universe has influenced many generations of prominent scientists, including Charles Darwin and Gregor Mendel. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...